BernoulliNumbers.frink

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/** Calculates the Bernoulli numbers.

    Also maybe see:
    "A multimodular algorithm for computing Bernoulli numbers":
    https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.1347
    which is annoying even in its simplest "pseudocode".
*/


BernoulliNumber[n] :=
{
   a = new array
   for m = 0 to n
   {
      a@m = 1/(m+1)
      for j = m to 1 step -1
         a@(j-1) = j * (a@(j-1) - a@j)
   }

   return a@0
}


/** This is the code for Rosetta Code problem "Bernoulli Numbers":

    http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Bernoulli_numbers
*/

/*
result = new array
for n=0 to 60
{
   b = BernoulliNumber[n]
   if b != 0
   {
      [num,den] = numeratorDenominator[b]
      result.push[[n, num, "/", den]]
   }
}

println[formatTable[result, "right"]]
*/

   


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